Wow I love weekends... I mean weekdays aren't so bad, but all the extra 'free' time on the weekends sure is nice. Thursday (did I mention many weeks my 'weekend' starts Thursday evening ;) anyways, after I picked up Raegan from daycare we went to the farmer's market, a first for both of us. I really do try to buy healthy food for my family and I felt like I was helping people out by buying fresh fruits and veggies at the farmer's market. Raegan enjoyed it and pointed to things she thought she'd like and then showed me the sign for eat, so I would know that's what she wanted. She not talking a whole lot, but by her being able to use signs like more, eat, and milk we get by pretty well :) It was nice not having to pull stickers off of our produce from the market. Thursday evening we also went to small group, well Raegan and I did, Philip has been really busy umpiring little league games. This week was tournament week and the championship game is on Tuesday. He seems to really like it, he's a very fair person and get this the kids run on the field and when they see Philip they say, "Oh yeah, we got the good umpire!" How cool is that ;) Anyways at small group Raegan and the two other little ones played with toys and rocked in the recliner, while the adults of the group played Pictionary, women vs. men. Guess who won, the women, of course... lol, jk we don't usually win at these challenges.
Friday was a hard day. I took Raegan to daycare and then immediately called Philip to ask if he thought I was a bad mom for dropping her off so that I could straighten up the house and run some errands. He assured me that I wasn't and that I would be able to spend more undistracted time with her on Saturday if I got those things done on Friday. That and the fact that another mom had just dropped off her son and she was still in her pajamas made me feel a little better. So I came home did some laundry, dishes, vacuuming, etc... and then went to my facial appointment that was at 10:30... this is only the 2nd real facial I've had and my goodness it was AMAZING! I would love to have one hhhhmmm everyday! I actually think it was better than a massage, because she did some massage work too. I wish I could just live at the salon, if I was good at something cosmetic/therapeutic related I could get a job there, but I don't think I am. I love that place, and I still have $ left on my gift card from Mother's Day so I will be going back, hopefully soon =) Ok so I started this paragraph saying Friday was hard and you're probably thinking getting a facial is hard, really Tara... keep reading.
So after the facial I went and picked up Chick-fil-A (I love that place, wink, wink ;) for myself and my friend Sarah and took it to her house. She is grieving, due to a loss caused by anencephaly, so I went to spend some time with her and take her a gift that our office had got for her. My heart aches so bad for her and her family. It is so hard to understand why these things happen. My good friend Jackie attends Hillside church and recommended I watch and recommend the "Call to Suffer" sermon from http://www.hillsidewired.com/ to Sarah. So I spent most of my time Friday thinking about Sarah, her loss, and this sermon and thanking God for Raegan. Raegan's favorite thing to do is nurse, she'd nurse all day if I let her; and Friday all I wanted to do was hold her. So when she crawled up in my lap, I wrapped both of my arms around her while she nursed herself to sleep and I sat there rocking her with my lips pursed against her forehead, tears running down my face, praying and thanking God for such a wonderful gift from above.
Man, makes me get all teary-eyed just writing about it...
Our new tree was also delivered and planted Friday. Here are before and after pictures.
So another highlight from this weekend was on Saturday night. Philip and I went to the YWCA's Purple Sash Dinner. We got to hear from a woman who survived domestic abuse, have dinner with some of my fellow co-workers, and bid in a silent auction. As I have very close women in my life who have been victims of domestic violence and have volunteered with Family Abuse Center in Waco and have seen/heard how terrifying it is, I believe it is a very worthy cause to support. You can visit their website at http://www.ywca.org/. So Philip and I liked a couple of the auction items, but the one we were most interested in was the Helicopter ride. Philip told me about a month ago that he wanted to get his helicopter pilot license (I guess to fly his imaginary helicopter) as you can imagine this didn't go over too well, but I did think that bidding on an auction item to support a great cause and get to ride in helicopter might suffice. Guess what we won it! Yes, we did go a little over the initial limit I had set for us, but when I thought about us flying in a helicopter together I was sold (or auctioned?). I mean this is stuff that you only see on the Bachelor/Bachelorette. I am super excited about it!!! =)
For Father's Day Raegan woke me up to make breakfast for Philip at 6am. I made Raegan breakfast and then made pancakes, eggs, and bacon, without burning anything! Impressed? lol! Then we went to church and Raegan did okay in Sunday school (well at least when we picked her up she was playing instead of crying, yea!) My parents had gone up to Kansas for the weekend and stopped by our house on their way home. Philip and I decided we'd cook out since they were coming to visit. We hadn't grilled outside in at least 2 weeks and when Philip removed the cover off the grill a spider at least 3 inches in diameter (legs included) and a little grey mouse were uncovered and landed within 5 inches of little Raegan. My first reaction was to jump up on a chair and scream and Philip's first reaction was to push Raegan out of the way. Raegan then started crying because she didn't understand what was going on and Philip was trying to strategically catch the mouse (we lost the spider), but he was so scared of the little mouse that he wasn't able to catch it, once I took Raegan inside to watch from the window, it was actually pretty amusing! Eventually the little mouse hopped across our yard and found a little hole in the fence to get back to the field behind our house. Philip and I found the spider much later that evening still on the porch and sprayed him down with Raid (it took almost a whole can!)
Anyways we had lunch with my parents and they got to play with Raegan for awhile before heading back home. It was great to see my dad on Father's Day since I don't get to see him very often anymore.
Sunday afternoon we watch Curly Sue (a great Father's Day movie) on Netflix through the Wii. This is my favorite quote from that movie:
Curly Sue: He must really love you
Grey: I hope so
Curly Sue: Well you know how you can tell
Grey: How?
Curly Sue: He lets you eat first.
*tear*
After the movie we went and got sno-cones, then to Penn Square mall, bought Raegan some new shoes, and then out for pizza! It was a great Father's Day!
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